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The rise of AI lead people to think that conversation/speech is the future of UI. Hence the bots. The hype will die in a few years, as people will realize that

The rise of AI lead people to think that conversation/speech is the future of UI. Hence the bots. The hype will die in a few years, as people will realize that natural language is a terrible interface.

wyldfire 11y ago
It might, but if so I'd expect it to come back with a vengeance in a few decades. For as bad as it is, it has a lot of appeal.
taneq 11y ago
Or if not, it'll explain why in sci-fi movies, robots talk to each other in English.
- Intermernet 11y ago
  "What I really need is a droid that understands the binary language of moisture vaporators." "Vaporators? Sir, my first job was programming binary loadlifters—very similar to your vaporators in most respects."
  - taneq 11y ago
    Trope averted! Although he still talks to R2 in English despite being fluent in over three billion languages.
CMay 11y ago
It's not a terrible interface, it's just one of many interfaces that has great usage scenarios. You aren't going to draw a sketch with a gamepad controller. You aren't going to play Street Fighter with a stylus. Touchscreens provide a terrible experience for a large number of scenarios. Virtual reality headsets won't be desirable for everything. Being able to just talk is one of the least physically demanding forms of input that can possibly be used and if the language can be understood accurately enough with a wide variety of computer solutions backing the responses, people will become comfortable with asking for those types of responses. I didn't see anyone say it would be the only interface in the future, just that it would be one of many. Microsoft is saying you can write one application solution and expose a variety of interfaces. Use the keyboard and mouse when you're sitting at the desk with Outlook, or ask Cortana to do that for you if you're across the room or busy driving across town. Whatever is convenient.

wyldfire 11y ago

It might, but if so I'd expect it to come back with a vengeance in a few decades. For as bad as it is, it has a lot of appeal.

taneq 11y ago

Or if not, it'll explain why in sci-fi movies, robots talk to each other in English.

Intermernet 11y ago
"What I really need is a droid that understands the binary language of moisture vaporators." "Vaporators? Sir, my first job was programming binary loadlifters—very similar to your vaporators in most respects."
- taneq 11y ago
  Trope averted! Although he still talks to R2 in English despite being fluent in over three billion languages.

CMay 11y ago

It's not a terrible interface, it's just one of many interfaces that has great usage scenarios. You aren't going to draw a sketch with a gamepad controller. You aren't going to play Street Fighter with a stylus. Touchscreens provide a terrible experience for a large number of scenarios. Virtual reality headsets won't be desirable for everything. Being able to just talk is one of the least physically demanding forms of input that can possibly be used and if the language can be understood accurately enough with a wide variety of computer solutions backing the responses, people will become comfortable with asking for those types of responses. I didn't see anyone say it would be the only interface in the future, just that it would be one of many. Microsoft is saying you can write one application solution and expose a variety of interfaces. Use the keyboard and mouse when you're sitting at the desk with Outlook, or ask Cortana to do that for you if you're across the room or busy driving across town. Whatever is convenient.